Police have arrested a further nine people in relation to an ongoing investigation into the sale and supply of methamphetamine in Wairoa.
Detective Inspector Dave de Lange, Eastern District Acting Field Crime Manager said the Eastern District Organised Crime Unit (OCU) operation was a continuation of an earlier operation which concluded in September 2021 with several arrests.
"The nine arrested during the second phase have been charged with offences including possession of methamphetamine for supply, supplying methamphetamine, conspiring to supply methamphetamine and money laundering.
"Of those arrested in recent days, five were patched members of the Mongrel Mob. This included senior members of the Mongrelizm and Barbarian chapters."